MWS MAN
AT MURDOCK
Reports Everything Going
along With a Briskness
which means much.
ALL BUSINESS LINES
WELL REPRESENTED.
Business Good In All Departments
and People Well Satisfied with
the Town.
Wc have failed to sec a better loca
tion for a city than that which was
.selected for the present city of Murdock
and the fact of tho good choice of the
founders has been demonstrated many
times. Situated in a county that is
par excellent and one that in com
parison is not exceeded in beauty by
any the sun shines upon.
As far as tho eye can reach, in all
directions, ono sees farm after farm
twcII improved, and capable of pro
ducing the best of crops, which the
past and present demonstrates. This
brings business and stability to the
financial interests of the city and her
citizens.
Murdock is well provided with
business institutions, and those whose
ability to caro for the trade which
omes their way as well. Tho Hank
of Murdock, conducted by II. H.
Neitzel, is an institution which does a
vnnd business, being conducted on
safe, sound and conservative lines
lias made good for its owner, tor the
city and community in which it is
.situated, and continues to do so.
.Iking situated at an advantagious
(point, and occupying its own building
is a permanent institution of this city
The State Bank, which is conducted
3v E. S. Crink. is also a sound and
:safe instutition, onioying a good busi
ncss, and is working to the good of the
community, with the end in view of
being a good financial proposition for
.tho stockholders, its intention is to
xnake eood for the community in
which it is located.
Tho mercantile house of Martin &
Tool, is ono which would grace a much
.riarpir .tity, and which required some
. twenty Five thousand dollars for the
uiropcr conducting of the enterprise
The stock is such as carried by many
depart nient stores, and what is called
general stock, but very extensive in
ij iii.tiptinn iMnlinioiiiff cvcrvthinir.
iva " 1 v v - -1 n - - ti n i
in its line required in the household.
This store attracts much trade from
oven
beyond otlti r towns with the
selections and
which it has to
.offer.
Jhn I.!, rif
horst.& llugr i
who "pceeds Lan
loing u fine business
: and one which is growing on account
of the manner of treatment extended
'to the trade, and the strictly first class
crade of goods carried for the supply
inr the demand, which their business
policy has created.
'Harry 0. McDonald the druggest
'lias a well appointed pharmacy ant
rniovs a good business'a democrat
who is a democrat" and a gentleman
ais well as a business man. He is
man which it is well to tic to as
Triend. His business institution is a
credit to the city and a profitable in
-vestment for himself.
W. O. Gillespie, the proprietor o
the Murdock house and the livery is
a verv nleasant 'gentlemen with his
.good natured and cultured helpmeet
make the hostlery conduct! oy them
a popular abiding place for the travel
snif nublic as well as the resilient
boarders. The livery which is con
'ducted in connection is a good paying
institution and well cared for by Mr
Gillespie who also does a fine draying
business.
Two smith shops do the work for
the community and surrounding tern
tory, Jacob Goehry who has long been
a resident of Murdock is enjoying a
flood business, and has -many friends
in and around tho city who count him
amonir the best workman m his line
The other shop which is conducted by
W. E. Pttlmcter is located just west
of Mr. Rage's store and has bee
operated by its present proprietor for
some six or seven months. During
the time Mr. Palmeter has conductor
the business with the exception
-when he was confined to his bed wit
sickness he has been kept as busy as
it is possible for him to be, and has
shown bv his work that
he is much more than an average work
man, being one of tho finest. Sin
the snow Mr. Palmeter has constructei
18 sleds besides caring for the work of
other kinds coming to his place
business.
Louis Xeitzcl carries a well selectee
stock (if hardware in all its various
branches, and enjoys a good trai
. irmlo from the host of friends which he
has in and around Murdock." Wit
flic irood eoods and fine treatment
extended to all the future has only
success ' in. .store for. Mr. Neitzel.
With tho hardware stock. which
A. J. Tool carries, he combines the
business of making and supplying the
lost of harness to the people, who arc
discriminating in their wants, but
ho are all satisfied with the goods
umished by Mr. Tool.
Mr. II. A. Gast, now Judge Gast,
as he is the chief Justice of the Precinct
court in which he is located, is also a
harness maker and lines who sews
or ever when he sews, and the kind of
icrness which he makes as oi the
ncver-rip variety.
Wm Gehrts, better known as "Billy"
has an implement business, which is
wonder for the town but when
one considers the kind oi a
farming community and the class of
machinery which they use is looked
upon as the sequence of an astute
business proposition. "Billy has a
very expensive stock, a good business
and is considered a very fine man and
citizen.
E. T. Tool, supplies the people with
umber and coal and is a man whom
to know is to respect, and has acquired
host of friends during his residence
in the city. Mr. Tool carries a good
selection of lumber of the knids re
quired by his trade, and the best of
coal. Last week when the coal got
scarce, Mr. Tool boarded the Rock
sland and sped to Omaha where not
withstanding the hardness of the
roposition soon had a car load on the
way to Murdock.
The two elevators of Murdock.both
of which are owned by Lincoln capital
ists, are of large capacity, and equipped
with modern appliances. One is con
dicted by Wm Waddclls, who is a very
courteous gentleman, well qualified to
look after the business while the other
is in charge oi Jonn ltiugcway, a
prince of gentleman and an old
elevator man who knows the grain
business from the A, B, C's up. The
Lincoln interests have made no mistake
in the selection of either of these gentle
men.
George Ott,the veteran stock powder
man is a rustler for his firm and does
a large business.
Ola Carr, conducts a restaurant in
the room just west of Harry Mc
Donalds -drug store, docs a good
business, and is considered a very
popular gentleman.
Dr. I. G. Jones who for a munber
of years has lived in and around
Murdock, is considered a most ex
cellent physician, and has a good pay
ing practice behind the proposition.
L. L. Ruttman, the jewclryman
has a well selected stock of the latest
things in the line of jewelry watches
and silverware, and keeps his store
in a very neat condition.
Harry Davis and wife conduct the
post office and serve the public in the
atest and most satisfactory manner,
while the rural mail service is attended
to by Oscar McDonald.
Emil Kuehn, the barber has a shop
which is well appointed and with the
best of furniture, he is able to give the
)cst of service which he docs. Being
of a very sociable and agreeable nature
io is one of the most popular person'
ages in the city.
Henry cstlake, is known far and
wide as the most popular meat market
man in this section, and has a shop
which is well stocked with the best of
meat in all lines which he furnishes at
the best prices possible.
The Murdock telephone company,
which is owned by the capitalists of
the city is a paying institution, and
is cared for at the central office, by
Miss Mata Neitzel and Miss Lida
Soriek, who by their careful consider
ation for those who use the phones are
very popular.
Murdock is a very lively and pro
gressive community, anu one wnicn
has a very bright future. All her
business institutions and the owners
thereof have the end in view of making
everybody satisfied who trade at that
point, and arc in no way failing in thier
endeavors.
Visiting In Plattsmouth.
Anton Carlson of Sheridan.Wyoming
arrived in the city and is a guest at the
home of his brother-inlaw, David
Wallingrcn. ' Mr. Carlson was formerly
a resident of this city and is here for the
purpose of making final settlement
as administrator of the estate of Fred
Wallingrcn, the son of Mr. Wallingrcn
having attained his majority. From
here Mr. Carlson will go to Wahoo
to visit his brother C. J. Carlson
Dclbert Wallingrcn, the young man
who attains his majority this week
is attending the state university where
he is taking a course in elcctrica!
engineering.
Prices Soar.
An exchange says thut Columbus
Ohio, horror ran through the capita
when it was announced that the mast
barbers had decided upon an advance
in the price of service. At their
monthly meeting it was resolved to
raise hair cutting to 50 ceuts, shaving
from 10 to 15 cents and neck shaving
from 5 cents to 10 cents. The barbers
say that in order to pay the prices
they arc asked for the necessities, they
will be compelled to increase the prices
for their services.
Realestate Changes Hands.
The Nels Hawkinson place in south
Park, cottage- and few acres of land
was sold Saturday to Robert W. Harri
son for $G23.00. Realestate is beginn
ing to movo in Plattsmouth, though
at present at low prices, tho tendency
is toward an increase in demands a)
well as in the price.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS
AND SLOGAN ADOPTED
Much Business Discussed and
Carry 0:1
PRIZES ARE OFFERED FOR
SLOGAN BUTTON CONTEST
Opportunity of Life to Secure Marriage License With
out any
There was a large turn out last
evening to attend the Commercial
club meeting, where matters of
usual interest to the city were discussed
After the reading and approval
of the minutes of the previous meeting,
the secretary informed the club that
there had been tendered the treasurer
of the club $7.50 surplus funds in the
hands of treasurer of the Coasting
Carnival fund. On motion of F.
Schlater the amount was voted into
the general fund of the Commercial
Club.
The president of the club, Mr.
Falter then stated that the club had
expected Dr. Todd, of Omaha to be
present and lay before the club a
proposition for the organization of
a horse collar factory, that for some
reason, not now known, the dortor
was not there, and efforts to reach him
by phone through the day had been
unavailing. But that from conver
sations the executive committee had
had with the doctor, it was thought
that Plattsmouth would be a most
most desirable place to start a factory.
There were other important matters
to be discussed, among which was a
read to the ferry. After considerable
discussion as ro the desirability of a
hill of bottom road, Mr. Philip
Thicrolf suggested that as long as the
the bottom road was not practical
for only a few months during the
summer and fall, that both roads be
opened up and with little work on
the bottom route, it could be main
tained during the season suitable for
while at other times the hill road
could be used. The committee ap-'
pointed last fall was then instructed
to work for the hill road, in co
operation with James Ault, who is
reported to nave a pennon out ior
the hill route. The club, will advance
the $20.00 the law requires to be
deposited with the county com
missioners, to defray the expenses
of viewing the road.
John Nemetz then got the
floor and in a neat speech of five
minutes in which he advocated the
newly adopted slogan andsaid he
believe in a "war cry" and so on.
The speaker thought that we ought to
live up to the self protection principal
better than in the past, and said he
believed that Plattsmouth merchants
and other should stick to Plattsmouth
industries, and support the' factories
for others. He had a papor in his
hand,anp moved that the dub adopt
the rule and circulate at once a peti
tion for every one in the room to
sign for the merchants to ' sell only
Plattsmouth made cigars. :
The matter provoked much dis
cuss ion, the sentiment was for uphold
ing Plattsmouth industries but many
were of the opinion that the matter
could be handled in some other way
which would bring as good results
PLATTSMOUTH GIRLS
DOWN NEBRASKA CITY.
Basket Ball Game Saturday Night
AU One Sided for Our Girls.
To the tunc of 12 to 32 the Pktts
mouth High School girls walked off
with the basket ball game with
the girls from Nebraska City last
Saturday evening and there was a
large crowd there to see the thing done.
Plattsmouth played all around their
opponents from the start and had the
game won from tho time that the first
ball dropped through trie basket.
Candidly Nebraska City did not seem
to have but one girl who could compete
with the girls from this icity. We
don't know her name but) she was a
pretty little thing with brown hair and
blue eyes and when she posed to throw
for the basket it would have been a
very ungentlemenly ball that would
not have made a few exrta efforts to
drop in.
We were glad to sec the friendly
Mi-rit that seemed to bo prevalent
in the crowd toward the visitors nnd
every good play was applauded by the
crowd. Our Girls are a good basket
ball bvnch and wo are not so sure but
what In a game against the boys from
the high school that the young gentle
men would have to take the low score.
Here's to tho High School Girl 8
Basket Ball Team.
Committee Appointed to
Work.
Cost.
and not effect other lines of business.
Attorney A. L. Tidd, suggested that
a good way to .advertise the Platts
mouth brands1 of cigars, was for
Plattsmouth people when away from
home to call for a Plattsmouth cigar.
Mr. J. W. Lorenze was of the
opinion that the motion was too
radical and that other lines of busi
ness should be considered as well as
the one under discussion, that while
his firm handled only the Plattsmouth
made article, in the cigar line, yet
there were other lines of manufactured
goL'. s which are made here to ' :oh
the principal would not apply. Zoi.
were of the opinion that the matter
should be taken up by the' Cigar
Makers' Union and not left to the
Commercial - Club. It was finally
decided cn motion of Attorney A. L.
Tidd to amend the motion of Mr.
Nemetz, and appoint a committee
with Mr. Nemetz as chairman,
to look after the circulation
ofsuch petition among the merchants
and others.
President Falter then called the
attention of the club to the proposed
lecture of Mr. Irving to be given in
the optaa house on the evening of the
27th inst and the disposition of the
Plattsmouth sit gan buttons. It was
suggested that 1 rof . Gamble and the
students of the high school be enlisted
in the projectof sale ofjthe buttons
and with every button" sold for a
quarter, a ticket to the Irving lecture
be thrown in. Mr. Barrows of the
Nev;s suggested that the sale of the
but ' on be facilitated by the offering of
prizes by the members of the club,
and as an addition to the cash prize of
$.5.00 offered y Mr. Irving, he would
give a years subscription to the
"Joker". The suggestion was con
tngeous and the following gentlemen
then offered to add to the prizes by
donating articles from their stores:
Nemetz, Crabill, Lorenz, Claus, Hatttfc
Son, Ptach itEajeck, Falter & Thicrolf
Wcscott's Sons, Henry Herold, Fctzer,
Baylor and last but not least Judge
Beesoii donates a marriage licence.
Some questioned the propriety of
tho last named prize as it might fall
to a married man. This was speedily
disposed of by Mr. Nemetz suggest
ing that a divorce vould be furnished
if such should be necessary.
Following up the suggestion of
Mr. Irving to a member of the club,
it was voted to spend some money
with the Opportunity, in the way of
advertising the needs and advantages
of Plattsmouth.
, J. E. Douglas was elected as club
reporter and other minor matters
attended to and it was growing late
before the club adjourned.
It was decided that the regular
meeting night for tho club should be
the third Thursday evening in each
month, and the hour of meeting was
placed at eight o clock sharp.
POLICE CALL BLUFF
OF LINCOLN EDITOR.
FaUed to Back Up Statement
made Regarding Bootlegging
In City.
Christian Kuhl, tho editor of the I
Nebraska Echo, yesterday afternoon
failed . to direct the police to the
gambling joints, drinking houses and
places of ill repute that ho had pub
licly said he could show them if they
only cared to call on him for informa
tion. He told the plainclothesman that
called on him that he would take up
thnt matter in his next issue of the
paper.
About noon yesterday the editor
called Chief Malone on tho telephone
and asked if the chief would sec
him. He said he found a call on his
elesk saying that the chief wanted to
talk to him. The chief told him that
he had left no call but that he wanted
him to be prepared to point out to
the officers tho dens of -vice he had
said were operating in the city. "All
right," said Mr. Kuhl, "send down men
in plain clothes." About two o'clock
Officers Barrett and Schmidt called on
tho editor flr the information. The
officers first asked him to direct tlieni
to the alleged places of ill ivputo that
they might make Bomo arrests.
"Well," said Mr. Kuhl,"you made a
raid at 144 South Eleventh Btrect Sat-
urday night-that was one of the places
I had in mind."
'All right," said Officer Barrett, "now
give us the address of another place."
Thc.cditor had no others definitely in
mind at the time, lie was then asked
to take the officers to one of the a'
leged gambling houses. He admittti.
that the places v e:e pretty hard to lo
cate although he knev of many places
where men had lobt all their winter's
earnings over the card table. He was
asked to point out just one of there
places, but he recused to do so, say
ing he would get his information lined
up and would print his statement in
the paper.
He was next asked about the places
where he had said through his paper
that liquor could be bought.
"I know a grocery store on 0 street
where a man can get two bottles of
beer handed over the counter for 25
cents," he replied.
"We want to see that place right
away,"said the officers. "Come along
and show us." M. Kuhl made no move
to go with the men. "Do you know
of this place personally,"the officers
asked. "I did not buy the beer there,"
he said,"but fellows have told me that
they did."
When the officers could get no tip
as to v. here they might make the
wholesale arrests the editor had spoken
of, they told Mr. Kuhl that they did
net think after all that he had so many
places of vice on his catalogue and
told Um that the police elepartment
did not expect to take any of his
newspaper talk unless he was able to
back it up with facts. When the mat
ter of the recent lecture in the city
by Rev. Mr. .M.'laway of Milwaukee
11 t T II 1 1 1 A
was ; jiicr.ca upon, iur. ivuni sam tnai
io was upholding Sillaway in his state
ments in regard to the evil cone'tle i.s
existing in Lincoln.
Chief Malone said last night that he
would have officers call on Mr. Kuhl
. i i ii
again almost every flay, anu wnen
ever he was ready to furnish infor
mation that would lead to the arrest
of-a den of vice the police were will
ing to get that information, but that
the editor would not continue to pub-
Lsh charges on the alleged vice of the
city without having an occasional
visit from the police who would ask
him to show his cards Evening Ncica.
A Mountain on a Molehill
Our democratic comtemporary in its
issue of the 11th throws afew fits
brought on by its personal inspection
of the county Surveyors olfice re
cently vacated by a republican of
the Simon pure brand. Some insinua
tions that the office was not as neat
and the records therein not kept in
proper shape wcr? indulged in through
out the artieal. Theie is no place in
the statutes which makes i the duty of
the county suveyor to do the janitor s
work about the building. The vault
adjacent to the suveyor's office has
been usc-d as a lumber room ever since
the court house was constructed, and
has been the rec;ptical for old records
from different offices, and even the old
records of the City of Plattsmouth
have been thrown in and proniisquously
piled in one corner. . This is not the
fault of the surveyor, who has been
allowed the privilege of using a small
part of the vault for storing his records.
The vault has been used as a sort of
catch all for not only the rubbish from
the county offices, but the records of
the old Citizens Bank have been
dumped in there also. '
Some years ago some one left the
gas burning in the vault from Saturday
evening until Monday morning, the
vault being air tight the oxygen was
soon exhausted and a fine soot pre
cipitated on every thing in the vault
Ms. Hilton discovered the condition
of the vault and he and ' the then
janitor carried everything within
reach out and cleaned up generally.
There were a few of the papers in the
pigeon holes which were overlooked,
and the soot may be seen on some yet,
but if the Journal's prediction is true
this will all vanish shortly.
This is an age of improvement, rw
every new county official dorrcs t
make a record which will refh 1 1 crdii
on his admonistration, and wc are
glad this i8 so, were it otherwise our
officials would fall behind the times.
But the Journal's effort of the 11th
to besmirch tho record of a faithful
public ex-official will fall flat on its
reader's ears
A Happy Farmer. .
Mr. Grant Gentry, who lives west
of Mynard, and who with his wife
have been staying at South Auburn,
for sometime past with the parents
of Mrs. Gentry, came home yesterday
on the Missouri Pacific, to finish his
corn husking, of which he has seventy
acres in tho field. In conversation
with Grant last evening, he told a
representative of the. Daily News,
that the stork had visited them, last
Saturday, evening with the sweetest
little bit of humanity in the shape of a
lovely little daughter, just balancing
the scales at eight pounds. The mot her
and little daughter arc reported as
doing well and the father is expected
to pull through with the best of care.
F. P. Sheldon the Nehawka mer
chant was a Plattsmouth visitor yester
day attending to business.
ENFORCE
ItltLAW
Question Ably Discussed By
Representative of the
. Kansas W. C. T. U.
V. C. T. U. MEETING
AT METHODIST CHURCH.
Mrs. Wallace Talks to v Large
Audiences Both Morning and
Evening. 'X
It was W. C. T. U. day in this city
yesterday and large audiences listened
with much interest to the very able
remarks of Mrs. Sena Hartzel Wallace
of Kansas on the work the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union is doing
and has done in tho country.
Mrs Wallace is a very convincing
speaker and having the advantage of
having done personal work herself can
tell her audiences her story in a way
which is not only interesting but colw
vincing. She not only makes state
ments but backs them up. She not
only talks but says something.
She spoke more particularly in the
evveing of the temperance work in
Kansas and the way it has been carried
on. She told of the condition of things
in Kansas before the prohibatory laws
was enforced and the fecJing there
among business men that the enforce
ment of the law would ruin business.
Sh told of hw the men who opposed
t! e la w are now its st rongest supporters
.She told of how the bank clearance of
Kansas City Kansas.in three years
was increased over six millions of
dollars. She told of how under the
enforcement of the law in the county
in which Kansas City is located the
trips of the sheriff to the penetentiary
were cut down in two months from
something like thirty five per month
to only two.
She told of all these things and what
is convincing about it she can back it
up with the proof. In fact we believe
bv the wav she talked she would like
to have somebody stand up and sa
hp would like to be shown.
Mrs Wallace is doing a grand wot
The man who thinks that the work
me v. i. v. is uciriuiemui io goou
.1 llf -i m T? 1 a . 1 A - . I
government and good business does
not know what he is talking about.
All they ask is enforcement of law.
With the enforce n nt of law will come
enough convirceing argument that
prohibition is ihe key to a successful
opening of the doorto increase business
conditions that it will not be necessary
to preach it. Enforce the laws we
have and others will follow whj'h ,will
make the state of Nebraska bet., r and
cleaner.
Mrs. Wallace will speak ac:i!nNthis
evening at the Christian church to tl
voters . on the subject Where y
Tommy" It docsn t cut any hgWc
whether you believe in temperance
or not, if you are not so prejudiced
that you don't want to here the law
and order side discussed, then go to
night and hear it. It won't hurt you
and may give you some ideas that you
would not gain any other way.
The Y. M. B. C. Lecture.
Rev. W. L. Austin delivered a
lecture before the Young Men's
Bible Class last evening on the subject
Wit, Humor and Pathos which was
listcnedto by a room fuJI of young men
with the greatest delight. Rev. Austin
proved himself to be a prince of enter
tainers and kept his listeners in an
iiproarous turn of laughter for a full
hour. The speaker introduced his
lecture by giving a short talk on the
idioms of the English language, he then
launched into his subject by defining
humor and wit, and prefacing his
remarks here by showing the necessity
-r l i.i l .1 l i
ei trie mmu. inai tno organs eon-
..I I mi i .1
r justed by our Creator for laughter
were as important as tho organs of
digestion. That a sense of the grotescme
and humorous was inplantcd in every
normal being and was an important
element' of character to be cultivated
and appreciated. Rev. Austin illus
trated his points with anecdotes nnd
quaint rtories wliieh excited the mirth
of his audience to a, great degree. The
lecture was pronounced by those who
heard it as the equal if not better of
any heard in the course of any of the
lyceum bureau:;. It is hoped that Rev.
Austin may be induced to repeat this
lecture in the church at sonic future
time, when the public can have the
opportunity of an evening's enjoyment.
- May Be Pipe Dream.
James Coghlin, who has been em
ployee! at the brass foundry, departed
for Omaha and the far east this
morning, taking with his a fair sized
"jag". He is reported to have in
formed the Uya that his father had
just died in the east leaving him a cool
hundred thousand, find that his prc.scnc
was required in Omaha today to
cash in a ten thousand dollar check.
As ho wont have to workanv niXm
nn11wl fnm 1.!.. 4. 1 I 1
iid viini;. nutl III! IIUI
remain, in tho vmt where the eight
o'clock cloning law is unknown:
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